Letters

01 January 1950
Comments Letters SIRS,--I have delayed answering the letter on the above subject from Mr. P. H. T. Hartley (British Birds, xli, pp. 254-255) because the data then available only served to justify his remark that " more investigation is needed." I examined the two sets of ...
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Notes

01 January 1950
Comments Notes IT is well-known that a great many species of birds make use of old nests of the Magpie (Pica pica). I have several times seen examples of Carrion Crows (Corvus corone) doing so. In 1949, for the first time, I have had an example of Rooks (C. frugilegus)...
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Notes

01 August 1929
Comments Notes ON May 21st, 1929, from 11.30 a.m. to 6 p.m., I observed at close quarters a pair of Choughs (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) at nest on the north Cornish coast. Both parents were feeding nestlings, which were about eight days old. The weather was calm and soft...
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